Vegasluvr

We shoot only high end weddings. We tell potential clients our packages STARTS at $5,000 and can go up from there to $50,000 and beyond. We always shoot images that we would want to put on our...

I use a Canon Powershot G11 for quickie shots. Why carry a huge digital camera when the G11 will do?

When I bought our current location, I decided to incorporate an in-house accounting department to handle all the payroll, receivables, payables, etc. At the end of they year, our CFO crunches out...

I worked in Hollywood in the 1980s and early 1990s. Today production is not like it was in the 70s or 80s. For example, I used to take my mini-cam out on spot news like fires, major wrecks or other...

I started doing video in the late 1990s when the Canon XL1's hit the market. I used that to do surfing videos of professional surfers or extreme sports. Today we use professional mini-cams for...

Me? I never posted Doom and Gloom threads. Are you speaking about the original poster?

Penguin, I know what you mean. The guys and gals I hired are veteran sports photographers who I met shooting sporting events. My mentors taught me to know who the players are (the ones looking out...

Hula Mike, we are in O'ahu! right now I have six photographers based there (Kailua, Halawa, Mililani, Hawaii-Kai, Lani-Kai and Haleiwa). I will keep you in mind. We cover the USC/UofH games. Coach...

You must amortize your photo gear over time NOT all at once. I amortize equipment over a 5-7 year period. If you do not, expect an audit from the IRS. For example, this past year I replaced a...

In 2007 I started a Photo Group after seeing a lot of my colleagues go bust when the photographic industry tanked. This concept is similar to yours except, I gathered about 15-20 professional...

I have shot sports images for over 30 years. It is my bread and butter and I am lucky to be making a fantastic salary doing what I do. But I diversified in the early 2000s to supplement my core...

I would charge them your cost plus not more than $300 for your time. You cannot expect to charge professional fees because you are not truly a professional photographer. This is probably why they...

For NFL games, I travel with 4 bodies, four Canon Speedlites (for media events), EF400/2.8L II IS lenses, EF16-35L and a RF100-400L IS lenses. For NBA games, I travel with the same gear except I...

For the last ten years I have been shipping my photo gear to locations when I travel by plane. Typically, I ship my gear a day or so before my flight leaves to arrive at the hotel I will be staying...

I add the fee in our pricing. I switch processors when they raise their prices per transaction. I also give a nice discount for those who pay by Debit Card as the transaction fee is lower than...

Sears is not my competition. It's the wanna-bes who see my images and they try to copy my style then go to my clients and tell them they can do the job cheaper. I have a few clients I was giving...

All of our clients received a folder that includes the wedding photography contract with timelines in it. I tell the Brides not to lose it because some of the dates in it are important. So far none...

We restore water damaged and wrinkled photos. For an average water damaged image it takes about 2 hours of work to make that image decent looking. I have had no complaints on hourly fees . . . yet!

I know my clients tastes so I have about 10-15 albums always in stock. This took about 2-5 years to realize our most popular selling albums. Then we would buy the inserts in bulk (100+) at a time...

Our base wedding package cost $5,000. That's one photographer and one assistant. Of that, maybe $3,500 is pure profit.